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  • Warclouds on the High Plains

    Tales of the Sergeant Major, #1

    by Robert Wilhelm ...
    Series Book 1 - Tales of the Sergeant Major
    The quickest way to get from eastern Kansas to Denver in 1867, was The Smoky Hill Trail. It was 500 miles of open prairie where stage coaches and freight wagons could be high and dry one day and swimming in mud the next. Five hundred miles of surprise snowstorms, oppressive heat, violent thunderstorms, choking dust, and if Mother Nature's threats weren't enough, there were vast herds of bison ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wicked Victorian Boston

    by Robert Wilhelm ...
    " An entertaining and well-illustrated anecdotal survey of 'vice' and efforts to control it in mid- and late 19th century Boston" ( The Boston Guardian).Victorian Boston was more than just stately brownstones and elite society that graced neighborhoods like Beacon Hill. As the population grew, the city developed a seedy underbelly just below its surface. Illegal saloons, prostitution, and sports ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stones, Bullets and Blood

    Tales of the Sergeant Major, #2

    by Robert Wilhelm ...
    Series Book 2 - Tales of the Sergeant Major
    In the early fall of 1867, on the plains of Western Kansas, a little-known but important fight took place between a large number of experienced Southern Cheyenne warriors and a small detachment of inexperienced 10th Cavalry troopers. It was the Battle of the Saline River and it was the first major engagement of a group of soldiers who came to be called "The Buffalo Soldiers." Follow the desperate ... Read more

    $3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murder & Mayhem in Essex County

    by Robert Wilhelm ...
    "The importance of the area to early America . . . make the book a must-read for anyone interested in the dark side of New England history" ( Early American Crime).The idea of a criminal record originated in the early seventeenth century when the magistrates of the Massachusetts Bay Colony began recording dates, places, victims and criminals. Despite, or perhaps because of, the strict code of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shadows of Conflict

    by Robert Wilhelm ...
    In this third book of "Tales of the Sergeant Major," the 18th U.S. Infantry's senior enlisted man, Sergeant Major Thomas Barrett, stationed at Fort Hays, Kansas in 1888, continues with the struggles of training five misfit soldiers. It is a job no one asked him to do, which most considered no more than a fool's errand, and that he, himself is unsure of his motivation. But he has persevered and his ... Read more

    $3.95 USD

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  • For Adam's Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England

    A Family Saga in Colonial New England

    by Allegra di Bonaventura ...
    “A work of astonishing ingenuity, intellectual and emotional depth, and (most of all) brilliant writing.”—John Demos, author of The Unredeemed CaptiveIn the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, A Midwife’s Tale, comes this groundbreaking narrative by one of America’s most promising colonial historians. Joshua Hempstead was a well-respected farmer and tradesman in New London, Connecticut. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Never Caught

    The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

    by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ...
    A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital. In setting up his household he brought along nine slaves, ... Read more

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  • Travels with George

    In Search of Washington and His Legacy

    by Nathaniel Philbrick ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.” —The Boston GlobeDoes George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Forbidden Fruit

    Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

    by Betty DeRamus ...
    Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together**—**and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.In the true love stories of Forbidden Fruit, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love—love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • What Was the Underground Railroad?

    by Yona Zeldis McDonough, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Lauren Mortimer ...
    Series series What Was?
    No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a ... Read more

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  • Signing Their Lives Away

    The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

    by Denise Kiernan, Joseph D'Agnese ...
    Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and rose to the highest levels of United States government, while others had their homes and farms seized by British soldiers. Signer George Wythe was poisoned by his nephew; Button ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Sewing Girl's Tale

    A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

    by John Wood Sweet ...
    New York Times Editors’ ChoiceWinner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the Francis Parkman PrizeWinner of the Gotham Book PrizeWinner of the New York Society Library's New York City Book AwardJournal of the American Revolution Book of the YearWinner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History<... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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